Hoʻoikaika Annual Conference 2024
A Journey to Mālama Pono: Sustaining Justice & HarmonyThursday, September 26, 2024
8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Virtual, on the Sched platform and Zoom
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Hoʻoikaika Annual Conference 2024
A Journey to Mālama Pono : Sustaining Justice and Harmony
This year’s theme, A Journey to Mālama Pono: Sustaining Justice and Harmony, is an extension of last year’s focus on resilience as the Maui community shifts from surviving to thriving.
We deeply appreciate the 22 speakers, 215 attendees, MCs, moderators, sponsors, and planning committee members who worked together to produce a very special day of learning and connecting. From beginning to end, we focused on resourcing ourselves with storytelling, shared wisdom, and reflection.
Some of the questions we’ll continue to examine as our journey to mālama pono continues:
- What would it look like to mālama our “true nature?”
- How can you use your position to create better conditions for people and the ʻāina?
- What are your sources of light and how do you keep it shining?
If you missed it or want to revisit some of the sessions, stay tuned: session recordings will be available.
A’ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka hālau ho’okāhi: all knowledge is not taught in the same school. #203
Deb Marois, Hoʻoikaika Partnership Coordinator
Pono
From King Kamehameha III in 1843 and eventually adopted as the state motto is the phrase “Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono,” or “The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.” Pono is embodied through righteous work, our kuleana (responsibility) to ourselves, each other, and our physical and emotional space. The word in its context here and within broader Hawaiian culture evokes a powerful sense of obligation to moral harmony, and a stewardship of people, peace, and prosperity. Pono: to do good is to be good.
Seeking Balance
Dedicating our 2024 conference to becoming pono is all about seeking balance, cultivating connection, and indulging in the fruits of a blessed life: for us and our organizations, for our keiki (children) and ʻohana (families) receiving services, and for the Maui community holistically. While mālama is most often associated with taking care of, another aspect is to preserve and protect. If we understand what is pono, we can more easily sustain it.
We will explore issues of domestic violence and inequity in specific spaces of the community (for example, LGBTQ+) and promote trauma-informed, family-first, and culturally relevant approaches that build protective factors. The goal is to extend these frameworks to reach across spheres of self, family, and community—not only for our keiki and ʻohana, but for ourselves and our organizations. The Hoʻoikaika Annual Conference is one of the primary ways we build our capacity as health and human service providers.
The Hoʻoikaika Annual Conference is one of the primary ways we build our capacity as health and human service providers. To join the conference planning committee, apply to present, or become a sponsor, please contact Hoʻoikaika Coordinator Deb Marois.
Keynote Speaker: Noelani Ahia
Hoʻoikaika Partnership is honored to have Noelani Ahia join us as our featured keynote speaker. She is a healer/activist who works to protect what we love: ‘āina, kai, wai, iwi and each other. Trained in Traditional East Asian Medicine, she has been delivering acupuncture and herbal medicine to the Maui community for 15 years. In 2017 she co-founded the Mauna Medic Healers Hui with Dr. Kalama and in 2019, spent 8 months on Mauna Kea tending to our lāhui. Genealogically tied to Lahaina, Maui, Noelani founded the Maui Medic Healers Hui after the devastating 2023 fires. Building communities of care is central to how she walks in the world, always guided by ancestors and the whispers of an ancient murmur. Learn more.
Learning Goals
- Develop deeper relationships as providers and empower through example as stewards of community: taking care of self to take care of others to build protective factors and drive progress and prosperity.
- Inspire leadership within organizations and communities to address challenges of equity and reconnect with the integrity of work in keiki and ʻohana services (WHY do we do what we do?).
- Confront historical generational patterns of violence in families with the intent to build culturally responsive strategies in protection, prevention, and breaking the cycle.
- Build skills to identify when things are out of balance, take action to put things “right,” encourage alignment in words and actions, and cultivate harmony within personal, professional, organizational and community spaces.
Who Is This Conference For?
Health and human service providers/educators from Maui County and other Hawaiian Islands are welcome to join us for this day of virtual learning and connecting.
- Participants typically work in a broad range of areas (e.g., early education, home visiting, child welfare, substance abuse and domestic violence prevention/intervention, public health, etc.)
- New to the field or well-established
- Direct service providers and administrators
Sessions Support New
and Seasoned Staff by Providing
- New content outside our usual, day-to-day.
- Opportunities to connect with others committed to strengthening families and preventing child maltreatment.
- Practical and culturally responsive “how to’s” for building resiliency within ourselves, our ‘ohana, and our organizations.
CEUs
The conference is approved by the state of Hawaii Department of Health’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD) and the National Association of Social Work (NASW) for up to six (6) continuing education contact hours.
Cost
FREE! Thanks to our generous conference sponsors Consuelo Foundation, Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of Maui, and KS Kaiāulu, there is no charge to participate.
Conference Schedule
Stay tuned, full schedule coming soon!
8:30 am-9:45 am : Opening Session & Keynote
9:45 am-9:55 am : Break/Transition
9:55 am-11:05 am : Session 1
11:05 am-11:15 am : Break/Transition
11:15 am-12:30 pm : Session 2
12:30 pm-1:15 pm : Lunch
1:15 pm-2:30 pm : Session 3
2:30 pm-3:15 pm : Closing Keynote
3:15 pm-3:30 pm : Community Closing
Sched Platform Guide
1. I’ve Registered! Now What?
- Keep an eye out for the full schedule release in September. You’ll be able to select your breakout sessions and create your personal schedule. Login with your email and password to select your breakout session.
- On conference day, you will need to be logged in to Sched at the link above on your computer or mobile device to access Zoom links.
- Create your profile, see instructions below.
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2. Complete Your Profile and Edit Privacy Settings
- Sign in to Sched
- Go to “My Sched” using the drop-down menu under your photo (No photo? Upload a pic so other conference attendees can get to know you!)
- Click on Edit Profile
- Update your Privacy Options and Enable Email. Grow our hui and don’t miss important conference notices! Make your profile public to let other conference attendees know who you are, what organization you’re associated with and to help build connections across our Hoʻoikaika network.
- See this guide for more info.
3. Get Ready for Conference Day
- Download the Sched App to Your Mobile Device (phone or tablet) from the App Store or Google Play
- Search within the Sched App to find our event: “Ho’oikaika Annual Conference 2024”
- Sign in to access the conference platform.
Conference Schedule
Mana’o From Past Attendees
The overall conference was amazing. Every session that I attended was filled with take-aways and resources that I will utilize with my staff and program.
Overall, attending this conference has ignited more passion within me to rise up and step into my position on the canoe and paddle in unity with everyone else around me.
Today’s conference was extremely heartfelt and inspiring. I was blown away by moʻoleloʻs, cultural protocol, and cultural practices shared, the conference enlightened me and provided me with new tools for my cultural competence tool kit.
Mahalo to Our Generous Sponsors
Learn More - KS Kaiāulu
KS Kaiāulu is a proud sponsor of the Hoʻoikaika Partnership and itʻs 2023 annual conference, called Kūola Kaiāulu – ʻOhana and Community Resilience. KS Kaiāulu brings together Kamehameha Schools’ scholarships, online learning resources, in person community resource centers, and the partner programs KS supports in the community, all in one place. Through these offerings, KS Kaiāulu aims to grow ‘ōiwi leaders—people who use their knowledge, skill, and passion to strengthen Hawaiʻi, its people, and our global community. Sign-up at kaiaulu.ksbe.edu to get the latest information about the many learning opportunities available through KS Kaiāulu.